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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Environmental Factors Influence Plant Vascular System and Water Regulation.

Mirwais M Qaderi, Ashley B Martel, Sage L Dixon

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mirwais M QaderiDepartment of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada. mirwais.qaderi@msvu.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-7050-4050
Ashley B MartelDepartment of Biology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada. ashley.martel@smu.ca.
Sage L DixonDepartment of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada. sage.dixon3@msvu.ca.
Mount Saint Vincent University · CASaint Mary's University · CA

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developmental initiation of plant vascular tissue, including xylem and phloem, from the vascular cambium depends on environmental factors, such as temperature and precipitation. Proper formation of vascular tissue is critical for the transpiration stream, along with photosynthesis as a whole. While effects of individual environmental factors on the transpiration stream are well studied, interactive effects of multiple stress factors are underrepresented. As expected, climate change will result in plants experiencing multiple co-occurring environmental stress factors, which require further studies. Also, the effects of the main climate change components (carbon dioxide, temperature, and drought) on vascular cambium are not well understood. This review aims at synthesizing current knowledge regarding the effects of the main climate change components on the initiation and differentiation of vascular cambium, the transpiration stream, and photosynthesis. We predict that combined environmental factors will result in increased diameter and density of xylem vessels or tracheids in the absence of water stress. However, drought may decrease the density of xylem vessels or tracheids. All interactive combinations are expected to increase vascular cell wall thickness, and therefore increase carbon allocation to these tissues. A comprehensive study of the effects of multiple environmental factors on plant vascular tissue and water regulation should help us understand plant responses to climate change.

Indexed as

climate changedrought stresselevated carbon dioxideenvironmental factorshigher temperatureplantstranspiration streamvascular cambium

Identifiers

PMID30875945
PMCPMC6473727
OpenAlexW2922092962

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